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Gadi Eisenkot

Israeli politician
Also known as: Gadi Aizenqoį¹­, Gadi Eizenkot

Gadi Eisenkot (born May 19, 1960, Tiberias, Israel) is an Israeli general and politician who after the 2026 Israeli elections was given the first chance to form a government and become prime minister. Eisenkot previously served under Benjamin Netanyahu as chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving from 2015 to 2019 as the first person of Mizrahi background to hold the post. After retiring from the military in 2019 and launching his...